BHoP#303 An Introduction to the Book of Concord

Dr Adam Koontz joins Mason Craig of Simply Theology to talk about the Book of Concord and how the Lutheran confessions came to be.
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Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
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Brief#21 What is Closed Communion? What is Open Communion?

Dr Adam Koontz talks about the difference between closed and open communion and why churches practice closed communion.
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Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
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Brief#20 Building Pastors' Efficiency and Capacity

Dr Adam Koontz talks about using your time well as a pastor.
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Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
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Brief#19 On the Septuagint

Dr Adam Koontz talks about the Septuagint and the Apocrypha.
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BHoP#302 Gospel Proclamation and Evangelism

Dr Adam Koontz and Col Willie Grills talk about evangelism and growth, practicing hospitality in the church, and excuses that get in the way of sharing the gospel.
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Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church
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Brief#18 Books for Better Preaching

Dr Adam Koontz recommends books about preaching.
Books mentioned -
Aristotle's Poetics and Rhetoric
Book 4 of Augustine's On Christian Doctrine
Reinhold Pieper's Evangelical Lutheran Homiletics
J. Michael Reu's Homiletics
H. Grady Davis's Design for Preaching
Gerhard Aho's The Lively Skeleton
John Broadus's Treatise on the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons
Jean Claude's Essay on the Composition of a Sermon
The Heart of the Yale Lectures
The sermons of John Chrysostom and Martin Luther
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Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
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Brief#17 On Two Cryptids and Modern Folklore

Col Willie Grills talks about the Flatwoods Monster and Fouke Monster and the differences between historic and modern monster stories.
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Pr. Willie Grills - Zion Lutheran Church
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BHoP#301 What God Has Joined Together 2025 - Part 2

Part 2 of the lectures given by Dr Adam Koontz at the What God Has Joined Together conference.
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Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
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BHoP#300 What God Has Joined Together 2025 - Part 1

Part 1 of the lectures given by Dr Adam Koontz at the What God Has Joined Together conference.
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Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
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BHoP#299 A Biblical Theology of Human Fertility

Dr Adam Koontz's paper read at the 37th Annual Symposium on Exegetical Theology Concordia Theological Seminary Fort Wayne, Indiana Tuesday in January 2022.
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Dr Koontz - Redeemer Lutheran Church
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